KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Maintenance teams were evaluating a JetBlue plane at a Jamaican airport on Tuesday, a day after the Florida-bound jetliner was forced to return to the island because the flight crew smelled smoke minutes after takeoff.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn.—One of the first exhibits visitors see at the newly renovated National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis displays statues of shackled and branded black men, sitting in a line with knees near their chins, on the deck of a creaking slave ship headed across an ocean.
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LAS CRUCES &GT;&GT; Bob Diven is at it again. The innovative artist has given Las Cruces a street art festival; not one but two RenFaire dragons and a "ratapult"; several paintings, murals, sculptures, plays and musical compositions; an artistic bus stop; and some extraordinary performance art. And now he has some exciting new projects in the works.
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VENICE, ITALY &GT;&GT; Think of Venice and of course you think of canals. Robert Benchley, the American humorist, supposedly sent a five-word cable home when he arrived there: "Streets full of water.
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SAVONLINNA, Finland - A large, somewhat mysterious-looking medieval castle on a small island in the heart of Finland's lake region, is a top destination for music lovers who revel in the passion and power of opera.
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Short or long, always fresh. Delectable pastas made daily onboard the luxurious Silversea Cruises' Silver Whisper ship by enthusiastic young Bolognese Chef Carlo Calvano are just one of many culinary treats offered on this all-suite ship's fantastic daily menus.
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If you catch Interstate 25 from Interstate 10 and head north for about nine hours into Colorado, like my wife and I did a few weeks back, then hang a left at exit 141 onto Highway 24, you will cruise into the small, picturesque town of Manitou Springs.
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